Gallery: a modern history of China
19 Jul 2008
A new book reveals China as seen by Chinese photographers, from 1949 to the present day.
Source: Liu Heung Shing. 1976
Two Chinese teenagers who are members of the Young Pioneers perform in a skit to denonce the newly disgraced Madam Mao in Shanghai. Following the death of Chairman Mao in October 1976, the so-called "Gang of Four" headed by Madam Mao were arrested. She was brought to trail in 1981 and sentenced to death penalty with a two year reprieve. She died in 1991.
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